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    are the types of knowledge‚ skills‚ and abilities that are needed to successfully accomplish the job responsibilities? Mike also discussed that areas of knowledge‚ skills‚ and abilities to be successful in his job are as follows: Communication‚ Negotiating‚ Psychological‚ Analytical‚ Fore-Front Thinking‚ Passion/Belief in Product and Industry‚ Background in Sales/Mechanics with large machinery‚ Proficient with Microsoft Word‚ Power Point‚ and Outlook (Jamieson‚ 2015). Mike also discussed the requirements

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    government would need to torture everyone by making everyone wear handicaps. This is shown by saying” the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General”. The strong would need to wear heavy weights‚ the smart need to listen to loud noises‚ and the beautiful must wear ugly masks. The government would also need to spend lots of time and money to make sure everyone’s

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    Star Wars‚ Darth Vader was a handicap person that was portrayed as an evil person that used a breathing device to implement terror. He was played by an able-bodied actor. The Media Access Office would like to change that. They would like to see handicap people used. Movies like The Million Dollar Baby spend the wrong message to the handicap. The main character would rather die than live with a disable. The films ant need to made improvement in showcasing the handicap. The advertisement industry

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    the story. For instance‚ the use of handicapping devices. The form of mentally handicapping people smarter than the average to keep everyone equal is one way these devices are used. George Bergeron is forced by the government to wear a small mental handicap radio in his ear to restrict his thoughts. This is an example of a futuristic

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    bunch of negatives. If you lead a handicapped with only negative expectations‚ as like Doodle‚ he will never have the full amount of respect for you‚ as well as your other family members. As people know‚ people with handicaps have a difficult time. Many people that have a handicap

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    Bergeron (Kurt Vonnegut‚ 1961) is a fictional commentary on an egalitarian society. Based in the future‚ 2081 to be exact‚ Vonnegut describes a society where the American government has passed amendments to make all its citizens equal by use of handicaps. These handicaps range from masks for the beautiful‚ weights for the strong‚ radio chips that give off bursts of frequencies to disrupt thoughts for the intelligent‚ all in an attempt in an entirely equal citizenship. The main character‚ Harrison Bergeron

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    Many of us go to the movies filled with excitement that our favorite story is being recreated‚ however in turn many of us are disappointed. This can be from a variety of things including but not limited to: changes in characters‚ plot and themes. This not only affects famous books‚ short stories can also be dramatically changed in the film version. The same can be said for the story of Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut‚ and the movie 2081 directed by Chandler Tuttle. Despite the multitude of changes

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    gone to the extent of removing winter and color from everyone in order to make everything and everyone the same. ‘Harrison Bergeron’ is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. In this world‚ anyone who excels in any aspect of life is forced to wear a handicap. For example‚ someone stronger than the weakest person in the human race will be weighed down by extra weights. Someone smarter than the least intelligent person is required to wear an earpiece that will distract their train of thought to keep them

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    Harrison Bergeron takes place in a future where everything is supposedly equal. I say supposedly because there are so those who are still in power over everyone else. The society is taken over by these handicaps that are weighing them down and also not allowing them to think for themselves‚ therefore‚ control over them is present. In Harrison Bergeron‚ many themes are present ranging from the equality to people’s free will to be who they are. A major theme that Is present is that the equality

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    fractures would emerge before roots could form. TockTockMan and Harrison Bergeron are stories of a suppressive and mysterious regimes that force their societies by controlling through the belief that time is sacred‚ and killing cardplates and through “handicaps‚” devise which limits each citizen to look and act “normal” for those who are above intelligence‚ beauty‚ fitness‚ etc. each description for the former and latter respectfully. While there are similarities in each of the short-stories. Such as even

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